Osborne and the buttering up of Beijing: Hinkley Point decision puts the spotlight on former Chancellor's controversial subsidy deal - Daily Mail

Alex Wild, research director at the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: ‘It’s encouraging the Government is rethinking this terrible deal that would see consumers paying exorbitant bills for decades.

‘The technology is completely unproven and the costs and time needed to build the reactors has already doubled since the initial proposal. The new department needs to completely rethink the energy policies and arbitrary targets which are driving up bills and destroying jobs.

‘Even if the Government decides more nuclear capacity is needed, there are far more affordable options available.’

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